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Example Sentences
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The Egyptian government has already raised petrol prices and the cost of taking public transport to limit the impact of the conflict on its public finances.
From BBC
In St. Paul, police plan for 300 law-enforcement officers from local and state agencies to provide public safety services near the Minnesota state Capitol, including for several road closures in the area.
In September, her agency issued a “call to action” to public officials, saying 100 storefronts and one-third of commercial space is vacant, “a higher vacancy rate than Detroit.”
From Los Angeles Times
In an update on Saturday afternoon, the force said two protesters had been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and causing a public nuisance after allegedly attempting to climb pillars near Trafalgar Square.
From BBC
It might not have been quite the real thing, but it was unmistakably Tiger Woods, in a red shirt, swinging a golf club in public again.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
